Maleficiary

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who suffers harm from something.

    "To learn whether we as a nation may be either the beneficiary or maleficiary of this princely private interest we must ask what happens as the result of such interest"

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malefactee

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"To learn whether we as a nation may be either the beneficiary or maleficiary of this princely private interest we must ask what happens as the result of such interest"

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